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Car·te·sian 
[kahr-tee-zhuhn] Pronunciation Key
[kahr-tee-zhuhn] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | of or pertaining to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, esp. with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature. |
| 2. | a follower of Cartesian thought. |
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| Car·te·sian
(kär-tē'zhən) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of or relating to the philosophy or methods of Descartes. [French cartésien (from René Descartes) and New Latin Cartesiānus (from Cartesius, Latin form of Descartes).] Car·te'sian·ism n. |
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Cartesian
Cartesian
1656, from Cartesius, Latinized form of the name of Fr. philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| cartesian | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian linguistics" |
noun | |
| 1. | a follower of Cartesian thought |
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Cartesian
Car*te"sian\, a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of Ren['e] Descartes: cf. F. cart['e]sien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren['e] Descartes, or his philosophy. The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. --Sir W. Hamilton. Cartesian co["o]rdinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m'r' = c, where r and r' are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m' and c are constant; -- used by Descartes.
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Cartesian
Car*te"sian\, n. An adherent of Descartes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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